EXCELLED IN BASKETBALL FOR THE TIGERS

NOT ONLY NAMED TO THE 1948 INDIANA ALL-STAR TEAM, BILL WAS NAMED CAPTAIN OF THE SQUAD.

NAMED TO THE INDIANA BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME’S SILVER ANNIVERSARY TEAM IN 1973

RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR HIS OUTSTANDING PLAY FROM THE CINCINNATI POST AND TIMES STAR AT A BANQUET IN MARCH OF 1948.

AFTER GRADUATION, BILL TIBBETTS HEADED TO WICHITA UNIVERSITY, BETTER KNOWN TODAY AS WICHITA STATE, TO CONTINUE IS BASKETBALL CAREER. BILL WAS SUCH A POPULAR PLAYER, TOWNSPEOPLE RENTED A TRAIN CAR AND TRAVELLED TO WATCH HIM PLAY IN ST. LOUIS. THEY PRESENTED HIM WITH A WATCH AT THAT GAME IN APPRECIATION FOR ALL HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE IN TIGERTOWN.
UNFORTUNATELY, TIBBETTS ONLY SPENT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AT WICHITA. UNCLE SAM CAME CALLING. BILL WAS DRAFTED INTO THE U-S AIR FORCE, SPENDING FOUR YEARS SERVING OUR COUNTRY. BILL RETIRED FROM MONSANTO AFTER A LONG TENURE THERE, SETTLING IN HARRISON, OHIO WITH HIS WIFE OF 65 YEARS, SHIRLEY. TIBBETTS PASSED AWAY IN MARCH, 2018.